Strange Bug and Crossed out Timeline

Dec 27, 2013

I'm getting an error with Storyline where any slide that I'm adding has a red crossed out box in the "timeline" pane. It is also giving me this error report pop-up. Anyone have this problem?

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Ashley Terwilliger-Pollard

Hi Jesse, 

I've seen it before, and it generally is resolved by running a quick repair of the software. Then, please be sure to follow these general tips to avoid strange behavior:

1.  Work on your local drive (your C: drive). Working on a network drive or a USB drive can cause erratic behavior, including file corruption, loss of audio, and other unexpected behavior. 

2. You should also make sure the directory path to your project files and your published output is less than 260 characters (for example C:\Articulate).

3.  Avoid using special characters, accents or symbols in your file names.

If you're still having trouble, please feel free to send your .story file over to us so we can do some testing on our end. 

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